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German occupation of Bromberg (Bydgoszcz) Poland, and environs, during World War 2
View from German airplane flying over Bromberg (Bydgoszcz) Poland, during World War 2 (September, 1939) highlighting numerous bridges destroyed by the German bombing campaign during invasion of Poland. Polish civilians sit on bank of a river, next to destroyed bridge, awaiting boats to ferry them across. Makeshift ferry operations are seen. Women and children throw flowers at German troops passing in military vehicles. German troops engaged in cleanup of bomb damage and helping free a stuck military vehicle, transporting a long barrel artillery gun. Animated map shows shrinking perimeter of Polish military resistance during September, 1939. Polish Army prisoners of war marching along a road.
Scenes of Invasion of Poland and Denmark by Germany, as covered during the Nuremberg Trials.
Flashbacks of Nazi activities during World War II presented during Nuremberg Trials. Chief prosecutor from Great Britain, Hartley Shawcross, presents Count No 2, Crimes Against Peace, meaning wars of aggression in violation of international treaties and agreements. Lieutenant Colonel Schumt relates Adolf Hitler's plans to occupy Poland. View of a truck and uniformed Germans marching and agitating in Poland to advocate annexation by Germany (under Albert Forster). On August 23, 1939, Joseph Stalin and Joachim von Ribbentrop sign Russian-German non-aggression pact. Flashback view of convoy of German tanks moving near farm fields toward Poland. View of Pope Pius XII and then Franklin Delano Roosevelt appealling to Germany not to attack Poland or other sovereign nations. Raucous laughter in Reichstag as Hitler addresses German leaders and describes the appeal by Roosevelt. September 1, 1939, scenes of German troops invading Poland as Luftwaffe begins mass bombing raid. Artillery guns fire, troops in jeeps, personnel carriers, and motorcycles stream into Poland. Aerial view of Luftwaffe aircraft in formation approaching Poland and bombing Polish cities. Bombs away view as bombs fall from aircraft to ground and explosions and smoke seen on ground in Poland. City buildings in Poland seen in flames and crumbling to the ground. Line of German Wehrmacht Army forces marching on roadways into invaded territory. German Army seen invading Denmark on April 9, 1940. German sailors aboard fast moving German ship. German army soldiers aiming machine guns. Camera view of German tank as tank gun is lowered directly toward camera. German forces occupy a North Sea dock area of coastal Denmark, German tanks and vehicles drive on streets and sidewalks in Denmark as Danish citizens run and leap out of the way. Danish citizens stand quietly along sides of a road as German Army marches into a city of Denmark.
German troops invade Poland during World War 2.
Sound track of Adolf Hitler speaking to the Reichstag on September 1, 1939, about Poland and Danzig, and the invasion of Poland during World War II. Views of German armored columns, Horse cavalry, motorcycle troops, and infantry, on the move and crossing border points into Poland, where they take up positions and commence firing on Polish positions. Hermann Goering, Minister of Aviation and head of the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) speaks about the invasion and extols the virtues of the Luftwaffe. Views of several kinds of German airplanes in flight, including Messerschmitt bf 109.
Polish Prisoners of War march on streets; Germans give food to Polish civilians; scenes during occupation of Poland
German invasion and occupation of Poland at the start of World War 2. Horse drawn covered wagons driven by German soldiers advance on roads in Poland. Captive Polish soldiers POW (Prisoners of War) under German guard march in front of Polish citizens on streets in a city in Poland. Prisoners drink soup standing in line and rest on field. German soldiers give food to Polish children and their mother. Polish women and children stand in line to get food in a town square while a band plays music. Polish elderly women, elderly men, and children receive soup on various bowls and pitchers in soup line. They drink soup seated at long tables. German soldiers march into city of Chorzow (German name Konigshutte), bordering Germany, as Polish residents there cheer their arrival enthusiastically and raise their hands in Nazi salute. (Many residents there identified as "Volksdeutsch" with German heritage. Clip ends with brief scene of military honors funeral, showing German troops in Saarbrücken burying two French pilots, Lieutenant Jean Sueur and Captain Jacques Rosignol of 2 Escadrille de Reconnaissance 551, who were shot down September 11, 1939.
Destruction in Poland from German Luftwaffe bombing campaign in World War II
Animated map shows German Luftwaffe bombing locations all over Poland as it pursued a relentless air campaign during Poland invasion in World War 2, September, 1939. Gradually, the core of Polish military resistance is seen to shrink in size. In the aftermath, German ground troops inspect a huge bomb crater. Various scenes of destruction: destroyed buildings, torn rail lines, skeleton remains of gas tanks, destroyed and damaged rail cars, water-filled bomb craters. German soldiers walking in destroyed railroad yard. Wing of an airplane in a destroyed Polish air base. Skeletal remains of polish aircraft and hangars. Several Polish airplanes, damaged, but still recognizable. Sign on a hangar reads: "Aeroklub-Bydgoski" (Aero club of Bydgoszcz, or, in German: Bromberg). German soldiers occupying the hangar clean their rifles. They handle supplies and camp on the grounds. (One soldier shaves outdoors, next to stacked rifles.) A soldier at a field stove. German troops with shovels, fill in bomb craters and repair surface of airfield. Aerial view of the airfield with German planes parked. German soldiers march in formation in front of airplanes.
Germany invades Poland during World War II; British prepare for War in the United Kingdom
German invasion of Poland, September 1, 1939. German troops cross bridge. German artillery fires. German Ju 87 Stuka bomber aircraft in flight. Polish antiaircraft gunners on rooftop. street scenes in Warsaw. Poles run for cover in air raid. German Ju 88 aircraft bombing Warsaw. German soldier throwing hand grenade. Polish man driving team of horses flees bombing. Woman with new born baby. Polish victims of bombing laid out on ground. Americans and British citizens listening to radio broadcasts about the invasion. Houses of Parliament and Big Ben in London. Prime Minister Chamberlain at his desk. City of Westminster and 10 Downing street with Bobbie on guard. British men building a Anderson shelter (bomb shelter) and covering it with dirt. British civilians being fitted with gas masks. Barrage balloons aloft. Newly recruited and mobilized British troops marching on a street in England with children on bicycles riding next to them.